Thanks for your response. I'm running Apache on my server and unfortunately, am not really familiar with Perl so I'm not really sure how to do this but I wouldn't think it would be too difficult since it just needs to pull the REMOTE_ADDR and save it.
If there was some way to have a orders.log file (just like the mail.log file in the cgi directory) that will just save the domain name or order number and the IP address. This IP address could then be used with a program such as Visualroute (http://www.visualroute.com/) to see what country the order was placed from. This is the easiest way by far to tell if an order is fradulant and I'm surprised this hasn't been implemented in the pending orders section. I came across something that I thought might do the job searching the forums: http://opensrs.iwpp.com/. Unfortunately, it was just a script that displayed the customers IP address on their browser. Jeff >From: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Jeff Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Logging IP Address of Orders? >Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 15:44:25 -0500 > >Well, it depends really on the webserver you're using and how it handles >those variables, but if you're using Apache you can snag the >$ENV{REMOTE_ADDR} > >I don't know *exactly* how it works, but the OpenSRS code (check out >Client.pm or XML_Client.pm) will grab this information. > >Charles Daminato >OpenSRS Product Manager >Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of Jeff Miller > > Sent: November 6, 2001 3:29 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Logging IP Address of Orders? > > > > > > I just finished setting everything up on my account and was wondering if > > there is a way to log the IP address of every order submitted. > > > > I've been doing web hosting for over three years and about 60% of > > the orders > > I receive are fraud. The easiest way to tell is to take the IP > > address off > > the order and do a Traceroute using VisualRoute. It will show > > you where the > > order was placed from. Most of the time the fraudulant orders I receive > > have all the correct info of a US resident, name, address, > > telephone number. > > When I see the order was placed in Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. I > > delete it. > > > > Back when I first started web hosting I didn't think about getting >orders > > with stolen credit card numbers. This ended up costing me over a > > thousand > > dollars due having to pay my web host and the $25 chargeback fees. > > > > > > Is there some way to log the IP address of orders? I don't even want to > > think about accepting any domain orders until this is possible. > > > > > > Jeff > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
